Battle of Kingston Bay

The Battle of Kingston Bay (October 1722) was a battle of the Anglo-Spanish War that took place off the southern coast of Jamaica. The Royal Navy of Great Britain was defeated by the Spanish Navy after cooperating to destroy a pirate ship.

Background
The Anglo-Spanish War began in May 1715 when Great Britain's Royal Navy and Spain's Spanish Navy began to fight over dominance of the Caribbean Sea. However, despite their hostilities, they were also allies against the Pirates of the Caribbean. Off the southern coast of Jamaica near the city of Kingston, a British fleet of 2 brigs and a Spanish fleet of 3 ships destroyed a pirate ship, but turned their cannons on each other.

Battle
The pirate ship was destroyed, but the Spanish and British turned on each other to resume hostilities. The British brig HMS Rose was sunk first, having taken serious damage from fire from a Spanish frigate in the Spanish fleet. The other British ship was fired on from three sides and destroyed, letting the Spanish claim a victory over Britain during the war.